This course is your gateway to mastering APIs! It breaks down the essentials of how APIs work, how they interact with clients and servers, and how you can use them to fetch and display data in your web applications using JavaScript.
API Basics 1: Build a Bot (Fetch, JSON & Async JavaScript)
API Basics 1: Build a Bot (Fetch, JSON & Async JavaScript)
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Instructor: Bob Ziroll
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Intermediate level
Recommended experience
1 hour to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
Understand how APIs work and how to interact with them using JavaScript.
Fetch and display data from external sources using asynchronous JavaScript.
Build a bot using JavaScript and an API.
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Assessments
1 assignment
Taught in English
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There is 1 module in this course
Learn the basics of APIs and build a fun, interactive project.
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